Shalom!​My name is Chen Shauman. This is my first year teaching the fifth grade at Gindi Maimonides. I have been in the field of education for more than a decade as a teacher during my service in the IDF, and as a Kindergarten Special Education Teacher at various schools under the auspices of the Israel Ministry of Education. I hold a B.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, with a specialization in Special Education from the Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv, Israel. My approach to education emphasizes the importance of creating a positive atmosphere, learning through experiences, and sharing with students the context of their studies. While I respect and adhere to general principles and themes, I am also very sensitive to, and respectful of, the fact that each student is unique, with unique needs; therefore, no “one size fits all” approach works for me. I look forward to sharing with you all the great fun learning we do in our Ivrit class.

Fifth grade studied about personal opinions as well as other people’s opinions and how it affects us and our actions.This subject is part of our “Chaverim” curriculum for the year.In fifth grade we focus on social issues in school and in life in general.Conversation - We watched a short video which presents a dilemma about a student debating whether to join a trip that not everyone else in the class was invited to.Then we held a very active conversation expressing the opinion of each child. They discussed what they would do in such a situation and expressed their opinions regarding the decision the student in the video made.The students were asked to include in their conversation:A. Vocabulary already learnedB. Past and present tense and appropriate verbsC. Simple sentence syntax including pronoun, verb and adjectiveD. Male, female, singular and pluralWriting – The class was divided into 3 groups. Each group received a different scenario. Each group needed to address the issue, discuss the challenges and come up with a solution to the problem. Then each group presented a short play about their scenario using our class’ costumes.Listening - we learned a song in sign language (and words of course) that discusses accepting others who are different then us and diversity. We learned that being different is often a good thing. It can be interesting and enriching. ​

Kita ה are learning about Purim.

A healthy Production party asa culmination for the fruits and​vegetables unit we learned during Sukkot.